This work explores the phenomenon of the “nonaffiliated” in Latin America and presents partial results of a qualitative research project that included in-depth interviews with fifty-eight nonaffiliated in Cordoba (Argentina), Lima (Peru), and Montevideo (Uruguay). After analyzing the main differences between nonbelievers and believers who have no religious affiliation, we propose a typology for understanding these two groups, which display great diversity within themselves while adopting characteristics of the cultures of their own countries. Three large groups are identified: atheists, nonconfessional, and indifferent. Among the atheists, we find two emphases: militant and indifferent. Among the nonconfessional believers, three groups are identified: those who engage in individual practices related to transcendence, those who engage in collective practices, and those who abandoned Christianity yet express their religiosity in the same keys. The indifferent are those to whom religion deserves no attention.

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探索南美洲的非附属机构

这项工作探讨了拉丁美洲的“非附属”现象，并展示了一个定性研究项目的部分结果，该项目包括对科尔多瓦（阿根廷）、利马（秘鲁）和蒙得维的亚（乌拉圭）的 58 名非附属机构进行深度访谈。在分析了非信徒和无宗教信仰的信徒之间的主要区别之后，我们提出了一种类型学来理解这两个群体，它们在自身内部表现出极大的多样性，同时又采用了各自国家的文化特征。确定了三大群体：无神论者、不认罪的和冷漠的。在无神论者中，我们发现两个重点：好战和冷漠。在非认罪信徒中，确定了三组：从事与超越有关的个人实践的人，那些从事集体实践的人，以及那些放弃了基督教却用同样的调子表达他们的宗教信仰的人。漠不关心的是那些宗教不值得关注的人。